CL v Ronaldo Madrid pre match build up woosy

[Alex]

I think Isco is one of the best players in that side, so its not really weakening them I agree.

However, Bales pace scares me. So one less thing for our defense to worry about is a good thing.

[Tee]

Gerrard is going to have a blinder. This is his stage, his time again. One last chance to remind everyone just how good he is.

[danperkins]

I'd much rather Madrid have Isco on instead of Bale. Isco has only started 3 games for Madrid this season, the rest have been from the bench. Very talented guy alright but nowhere near the productivity that Bale has. Great news for us that Bale is out, especially if Enrique is the one who would have been marking him. Complete mismatch that would have been.

[wiw]

What would everyone's teams look like? I'd like to see us go with the diamond, we might get mullered in midfield otherwise. Something like this:

Mignolet
Johnson Skrtel Lovren Moreno
Gerrard
Henderson Allen
Coutinho
Balotelli Sterling

Johnson for his experience, Moreno for his pace and Enrique being ****e, Sterling up top also drifting wide because Balotelli needs help and Borini probably isn't up to it, Coutinho because he's probably suited to this kinda game.

I'd like to see Markovic come on at some point, think he'd be suited to this also.

[BigChief]

Rodgers took off Lallana early, indications he'll be starting against Real?

As for Bale being out, fantastic news. Isco has flattered to deceive every single time I've managed to catch his games.

Modric and Kroos against our midfield is where they'll muller us, those two are just so deadly with the ball. They'll pull our shorts down, do their business, and pull them back up again before we've turned around to figure out what happened.

[Muddled]

The Real Madrid team that lost to Real Sociedad:

Casillas
Carvajal
Marcelo
Kroos
Pepe
Ramos
Modric
Isco
Benzema
Rodríguez
Bale

They're not invincible.

[danperkins]

Modric is the key to the way they play... fabulous player. Him & Kroos in possession is scary. But we need to do what we haven't been doing this season which is high intensity pressing. No time,no time & then counter attack. Their defence is **** & their keeper is dodgy, we can definitely score against them it's just the small matter of them not scoring against us.

Ramos,Pepe & Marcelo are weak links for them. Would love to see us put Sterling on Marcelo.

[Mike]

Rodgers took off Lallana early, indications he'll be starting against Real?

As for Bale being out, fantastic news. Isco has flattered to deceive every single time I've managed to catch his games.

Modric and Kroos against our midfield is where they'll muller us, those two are just so deadly with the ball. They'll pull our shorts down, do their business, and pull them back up again before we've turned around to figure out what happened.

Really? How much have you seen of him? Supremely talented footballer who I think is very underrated only because he plays alongside Ronaldo, Benzema etc who grab the headlines.

Modric is the key to the way they play... fabulous player. Him & Kroos in possession is scary..

Modric for me is the best CM in the world right now. Last year he was sensational and controlled everything for them.

[Phoenix07]

Ramos and Pepe are weak links when there's a fast striker playing between them.

It should've been Sturridge, but now it looks like it's going to be Balotelli.

Isco would be devastating in terms of his ability to use the space between midfield and defence.

[baitman]

knowing how poor their defence is [rich coming from an LFC fan] and how wobbly casillas is [again, i know] you wonder if one of balotelli's thunderblasts from outside the box might eventually go in.

[Muddled]

He has to get it on target first.

[danperkins]

Modric for me is the best CM in the world right now. Last year he was sensational and controlled everything for them.

[Pablo]

Lots of positivity in here, which is good to see.

We're still probably going to get battered though in all honesty.

[baitman]

He has to get it on target first.

this is the problem, but the laws of probability say [somewhere?] that even a blind man will hit a cows arse with a banjo eventually.

[PTP]

Normally hate it when cunts use this word....


BOOM

But....


I've just got a ticket for this

BOOM mother****ers BOOM